Interestingly enough, if my Olympus C-5050Z had decent manual focusing with maybe an electronic rangefinder, I would be very happy with it. Give it a good Optical VF/RF like on my Canonette GIII (asking for Leica quality would put it out of my dream range), and I would be delirious.
When you think of it you can use the LCD with the camera on a tripod in those cases where you need precise framing. An optical VF/RF would be great for action shots. I do find the 35-100 pseudo range adequate for what I do with the camera,so can get buy without interchangeable lenses. Remember this things lens is reasonable fast f/1.8-f/2.8, although I would like a stop faster (1.4-2.0?). -graywolf Cotty wrote: > On 2/3/07, Godfrey DiGiorgi, discombobulated, unleashed: > >> The Sigma DP-1 might be an answer. Supposed to be the same sensor >> going into the Sigma 14 DSLR, so it should have decent rendering and >> sensitivity. 40mm f/4 is about a stop slower than I'd prefer but it >> might be workable. > > Interesting. But still no viewfinder. I hate composing on the LCD. My > carry-around at the moment is my son's broken Pentax 750Z. He dropped it > and the very flimsy knob on top popped off - broken at it's plastic > mounting points. We got it used from eBay, so no sweat, I repaired it. > Except that it's stuck on Auto-everything :-) So I got him an A10 > instead and I carry the 750Z as a snapcam, lives in my PowerBook bag > (slim insert from LowePro Stealth backpack). I love the fold-out screen > (like the Canon G2, but with much less bulk), and the fact you can fold > the screen to protect the LCD (as it bumps about anywhere - it gets > treated like a hellcam ;-) but it's agonizingly slow in shutter response > but WTF. It works (just). > > The Mrs' birthday is tomorrow and she's got an Optio S6 - so we have > more Pentax cameras in this house than anything else! I guess that > assures my presence here.... > > Come on Pentax, stuff all this DSLR nonesense - give me a neat little > digital rangefinder that takes Limiteds! > -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
